Stephen Alpher

Stephen is CoinDesk's managing editor for Markets. He previously served as managing editor at Seeking Alpha. A native of suburban Washington, D.C., Stephen went to the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School, majoring in finance. He holds BTC above CoinDesk’s disclosure threshold of $1,000.

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Finance

Latin American Crypto Firm Ripio Approved to Operate in Spain as an Exchange

It’s the latest in a number of licenses to crypto companies granted by the Bank of Spain.

Sebastian Serrano, fundador y CEO de Ripio. (Archivo de CoinDesk)

Markets

Bitcoin Briefly Pushes Above $31K After Fidelity Spot ETF Report

Fidelity previously applied for a spot bitcoin ETF in 2021, but the effort was rejected by the SEC.

Fidelity Investments sign (Jonathan Weiss/Shutterstock)

Markets

First Mover Americas: Crypto Funds See Largest Inflow in a Year

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for June 27, 2023.

Crypto rotation (Pixabay)

Markets

Crypto Exchange OKX Goes Live With ‘Nitro Spreads,’ Allowing One-Click Basis Trading

Basis traders attempt to earn returns by trading the difference in an asset’s price on two separate markets.

Hands on a laptop keyboard with a screen showing charts and prices (Unsplash, Kanchanara)

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Policy

FTX Bankruptcy Team Says the Exchange Owed Customers $8.7B

Commingling and misuse of customer funds occurred from the start at FTX, says current CEO John J. Ray III, and senior executives knew of the shortfall as early as August 2022.

(Elizabeth Napolitano / CoinDesk)

Markets

Bitcoin Cash Price Jumps to One-Year High Fueled by Spiking Social Interest, Exchange Support

With today’s 17% gain, BCH has now more than doubled in the week since it was listed on EDX Markets, a new crypto exchange backed by financial heavyweights.

BCH price through the past seven days (CoinDesk)

Markets

First Mover Americas: Bitcoin Retreats Slightly From 12-Month High

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for June 26, 2023.

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Finance

BlackRock’s Spot Bitcoin ETF Not The Same As Grayscale’s Product, Experts Say

While both are technically trusts, there’s one key distinction which makes Blackrock’s proposed investment vehicle an exchange traded fund (ETF).

BitcoinETF: What Comes Next?

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Finance

BlackRock May Have Found Way to Get SEC Approval for Spot Bitcoin ETF

The asset management giant included a surveillance-sharing agreement in its proposal, which could eliminate the risk of market manipulation related to bitcoin.

BlackRock headquarters in New York (Jeenah Moon/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Markets

First Mover Americas: BlackRock Files for a Spot Bitcoin ETF

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for June 16, 2023.

(Messari)